Monthly Archives: August 2017

General introduction:  August is generally a hot, dry month in these environs.  It’s the one month out of the entire year that Minnesota’s carefully groomed lawns may brown up a bit. This August, however, will go down as the first … Continue reading →

Sequoias Cloaked in the snows of California’s Sierra Nevada, the 3,200-year-old giant sequoia called the President rises 247 feet. Two other sequoias have wider trunks, but none has a larger crown, say the scientists who climbed it. The figure at … Continue reading →

This is another in our series of continuing retrospective adventures “Travels With Dan.”  To California, the Golden State . . . and golden it is.  This trip was 29 years ago and though I have traveled much since then, there … Continue reading →

August 4 [Camp’s last day, we went to town . . . ] [What menfolk do while womenfolk shop. Another wash out day at camp (even had to turn the heat on) – went to town with the understanding it … Continue reading →